Howard County Businesses in
1882-83

The following material was taken from the Indiana
State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1882-83, published by
R.L. Polk & Co., Indianapolis. This listing of local businesses
is important since the earliest known Kokomo city directories date from
1895 and 1905.

Material made available courtesy of Michele
McNabb and the Howard County Genealogical Society. Also available in
the HCGS Newsletter, volume 12 # 3&4

RICHARDS, Benjamin B., real estate, insurance,
justice of the peace, and attorney at law

SEE, Miles M., barber

SEWARD & HOLLINGSWORTH, flour mill

SHELTON, Joel N., agent drugs

SHELTON, Milly F., milliner

SHERWIN, Ely R., grain dealer and ex. agent

TALBOT, Samuel, Rev. (Friends)

TYNER & CHAMBERS, grocer

WALTER, Charles M., lawyer and insurance

WHITE, Charles E., Rev. (Methodist)

WRIGHT, J.C., dentist

Kokomo (Pop. 5000. One of the most
thrifty, enterprising cities of its size in the State. Has good county
buildings, substantial, imposing business blocks handsome residences,
is lighted by gas, has a fire dept., telephone exchange, good opera
house, several churches, 1 high and 2 graded schools, 3 banks, 6
hotels, 3 large grain elevators, and 4 weekly newspapers: Dispatch,
Gazette, Tribune and Christian Indicator.
Orlando A. Somers, postmaster.)